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EXTENDING THE HIGH SCHOOL TO THE COUNTRY. Every community has its own peculiar problems to solve. Some of these ire questions of temporary importance, others are permanent problems requiring persistent and vigorous efforts for their final solution. For an educational institution to attempt the solution of these questions should not seem remarkable. However according to educational writers it seems that the High School ha- not very generally undertaken to work out very many of the problems that are certain to be found in every community. This state of affairs is very much to be regretted. High School pupils are mature enough to cgin to think seriously upon vital questions, such as concern their every day life and the conveniences and comforts of the home life.. The High School pupil is certainly not too young to think seriously upon the selection of a vocation that will be pleasant and furnish a comfortable borne. High School pupils should be taught to cultivate public spirit. They should Ik? impressed with the idea of co-operation and concentration of scattered interests. The High School is a community institution. Its various departments should educate more than persons who merely come within its walls. It should be aggressive in the matter of extending its influence further than its own doors. The true function of the Department of Agriculture of Mondovi High School is to be of real service to the patrons and the supporters of the school. The purpose of this article is to show one way which this department is attempting to be of some service to the Mondovi community. • Just now it is carrying on a campaign against contageous diseases of live stock. Until recently Mondovi has been more than ordinarily free from any serious epidemics to live stock. During the past summer, however, the much dreaded and destructive disease, hog cholera has made its appearance in this neighborhood. The High School has inaugurated a campaign against this disease. With the assistance of Mr. James Dillon, president of the school board; Dr. A. L. Fannce V. S., the United States Bureau of Animal Industry was brought to Mondovi. Dr. Faunce gave an illustrated lecture on the cause, symptoms, and the control of this disease. A few days later a meeting was held for the purpose of organizing an Anti-Hog Cholera Club. Mr. James Dillon was elected President, Harland Seyforth, Vice President and J. M. Coyner was elected secretary of this organization. The secretary is making good use of the new stereoptiean lantern which the school board have been good enough to purchase. TTe has made a number of slides to be used in this work, others have been borrowed from the department of veterinary science of the University of Wisconsin. These slides illustrate the nature of the disease and show very convincingly what can be and is being done in other places to stamp out the disease. These meetings have been very successful from several different standpoints. In the matter of this particular disease they are informing the people as to how dangerous it is, and how to deal with it. Thus far, five country meetings have been held in five different district school houses. Local organizations were established in the districts for the purpose of combating the disease. A committee of farmers was appointed to be on the look-out for this disease. They will co-operate with the town board of health.
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The Music and the English departments have co-operated in this work. Mr. Hester has been of great assistance in the way of providing music for these meetings. Miss Fozvell helped to entertain the people with several readings. 1 he boys quartette, and the girls quartette have shown a spirit of co-operation that has been very gratifving. The large audiences that have characterized all of these meetings, and the interest show’n by the country people indicates that the High School of Mondovi is meeting a long felt want and is getting at a community problem of no small importance. Our High School is a source of information. Many of the young people who never come to High School arc the ones to whom it means so much. It means so much, for example the farmer who depending upon his hog crop to pay his rent or life his mortgage. 1'hese will never get help. If they are to be helped we must take the High School out into the country to them. Commercial. Roy A. Peterman, Instructor. Three years ago it was decided that the Mondovi High School was to add to its curriculum the Commercial, the Domestic Science, and the Agriculture Departments, thereby placing at the di.-posal of the student some of the most up-to-date, practical subjects. Some question was raised as to the necosity and practicability of the new subjects, but that was soon to be dispensed with. The basement of the new school house was to be used by the Commercial and Domestic Science departments, the former using the north room and the latter the room on the south of the hall. The first year, the typewriting and bookkeeping students recited in the one room, but that caused much inconvenience, so the room was divided bv a partition. The department was equipped with six typewriters; four Monarchs, one Hemington, and one Smith Premier. The interest shown in the work was very encouraging and a large class was taking the work, seventeen of them graduating from the first class last year. Of these, hiancis Broad foot secured a position as stenographer with a firm at Duluth and is making good. Alvin Silverness, who took post-graduate work, secured a position with the (inllahad Bov’s School at Hudson. is. He also made good. 11 i brother. Joseph, is working at the Eirsf National Bank, and is making good use of his commercial training. Esther Sol her has the position of eashier and bookkec| or at the Mondovi Mercantile Company, in dictation work, the class took letters with the rapidity of conversation! and transcribed them, doing practically all of the school’s corresjiondence besides the1 regular routine of work. To say the Commercial department has been a success is putting it mildly. The complete commercial course consists in the main of the following: Arithmetic, Commercial Daw. Shorthand. Bookkeeping and lypewriting. All of these subjects are practical, and when the student completes the course lie is able to enter any office as a stenographer and make good. An D. C. Smith Bros., typewriter has t een added to the department also and the system of
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